Ella was pleased to hear Joe also liked the coffee table she picked out for him. It wasn't everyday she went furniture shopping with her friends but it seemed to be a fun new hobby she'll have to include in her getting to know someone pack. Furniture tells a lot about a personality. Evan, like Joe mentioned, would like something funky, weird, and unusual. Unpredictable and just random. While JOE would like to stick with basics. Normal, predictable, stick with what you know. Oh god, now she was comparing Joe and Evan? How could she even do that. She's known Evan longer and she just met Joe, yet he's been so kind and sweet. Maybe he does deserve a chance.
**Evan's POV**
Evan was..a pretty boy. He had tan clear skin and blue eyes that looked like the ocean on a starry night. His head was full of deep brunette curls that just made it seem like he woke up perfect. His pretty face made up for his lack of athleticism as he could do other, less physical activities. Evan took up theater, chorus, art, anything that could let him express himself. And because of his looks...other kids got bullied for being a theater kid..while Evan got..lots...and lots..and lots.. of girls. And he wasn't shy about it. Until he met HER. Jenna Page. The most beautiful girl he has ever set his eyes on. She had shiny ginger hair so long it touched the end of her back. Her skin was pale but painted in dark freckles. Her eyes were green and every time she smiled they lit up in joy. She had an amazing body and loved to show it off. And god was she a flirt. And Evan fell right into her trap. He fell in love. And he..got his heart shattered into pieces when she cheated on him. It broke him in ways he didn't know could, and he used the next thing to heal that. And it just happened to be Ella B. Ella B was in his friend group but they didn't really talk much. She was just kind of..there? When him and Jenna broke up, Ella ran into him outside when he was crying. She comforted him and..he kissed her. They had sex right then and there. After that, it just kept going. And he actually grew to like Ella. She was funny and adventurous. For a while, she made him forget about Jenna. But, Jenna was still always on his mind. He knew the feelings happening between him and Ella were becoming one sided.
He was just way into Ella than she was into him. And he didn't want to get hurt again so..he cut it off with her. They were better as friends, at least that's what he convinced himself to think. But deep down, he always did have a sweet spot for her. That's why he hid the girls he hooked up with, he felt guilty, awkward. He liked Ella but how could he ever tell her that when she sees him with so many girls that's not her. It would be embarrassing at this point. So he just never told her...
*
Evan's neck rolled as his eyes slowly blinked open, seeing nothing but a shining light blinding him slightly. Was he in the hospital? Was all that just a bad dream from before? What was going on? Eventually his eyes adjusted as he tried to move but realized his hands were tied behind the chair he sat on. As he started to come more conscious to his surroundings, he attempted to move his legs only to see they were tied against the legs of the chair. And he tried to speak but was only muffled by the duct tape that stuck against his lips. He felt his heart rate speed up as he began to struggle, attempting to break loose as he looked around. It all started to come back to him. The night of the opening, him walking Layla home, getting hit in the back of the head, and then ending up...here..
Evan stopped struggling as he examined the glass box he was in, remembering someone putting him in, he remembered getting punched which was why is left eye was barely opening no matter how hard he forced it. And then earlier the morning, he remembered someone speaking to him. Someone...someone..that-that bookkeeper! John? Jacob? God what was his name?! Ella said it so many times so why was he blanking, he should've listened better.
Just as Evan started up his struggle again, he heard the noise of a door handle jiggling. He didn't hesitate to immediately start screaming, hoping it was someone who could help. But he was only met by the man who put him in the box, which only made him scream more but in anger. His eyes glared to the man, his hands curling into a fist as he watched him enter the cage. If he could only get loose. Just for a second. He would..
His thoughts were cut off by the sudden sharp burning pain of the tape being forcefully ripped from his mouth. He let out a loud scream as his face turned red.
"What...are you...TALKING ABOUT?!" He yelled. "What the FUCK does this have to do with Ella B?! YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT ELLA?!? FUCKING ASK HER DUDE!! WHAT THE FÜCK IS WRONG WITH YOU" he examined, still tugging at his arms and legs to try to get free. "You know what- I knew it. I knew you were a weirdo, a FREAK. A pervert nobody who watches pornos on the subway! Yeah! You FREAK!. GET ME OUT OF HERE!"
"If you think Ella B would EVER fall in love with a CREEP like you- you are wrong- my dad is a COP okay? And he'll have you arrested so fast you'll forget your name" he quickly said, attempting his threats as best he could. To be fair his dad was a FORMER cop, who lost his job for reasons a lawyer said was not able to be discussed. But it didn't stop Evan from throwing it around when he wanted to scare someone
